here we are more lives lost and i travel from chicago to new york los angeles to dallas. been there i ve talked to the grieving families, law enforcement an political leaders. this week sadly it was a little bit different to hit home. it was personal. my colleague lost his brother kristin he was only 18. i talk with gianna before funeral today. and one question kept repeating in my head what is the magic number. how many will it take? what s going on in chicago right now is unacceptable and everybody knows it. families deserve answers and they deserve action. unfortunately the city mayor is preparing to flee scene of the crime and sending to prepare economic prosperity of her state. but the mayor doesn t understand there s no pursuit of happiness without life. meanwhile the county d.a. kim fox may have a domestic violence case. we are being let down by people that look like us that say they care about us. but when we need a hero they are nowhere to be found. unless this ele
here we are more lives lost and i travel from chicago to new york los angeles to dallas. been there i ve talked to the grieving families, law enforcement an political leaders. this week sadly it was a little bit different to hit home. it was personal. my colleague lost his brother kristin he was only 18. i talk with gianna before funeral today. and one question kept repeating in my head what is the magic number. how many will it take? what s going on in chicago right now is unacceptable and everybody knows it. families deserve answers and they deserve action. unfortunately the city mayor is preparing to flee scene of the crime and sending to prepare economic prosperity of her state. but the mayor doesn t understand there s no pursuit of happiness without life. meanwhile the county d.a. kim fox may have a domestic violence case. we are being let down by people that look like us that say they care about us. but when we need a hero they are nowhere to be found. unless this ele
treat victims compared it to those sustained in a war zone. we heard gunshots people thought for five seconds that it was fireworks until people started screaming bodies down, bodies down and everyone started running. there were six people who i saw who were horribly, horribly injured from the gun shot, and the gunshot wounds that these people sustained are like war injuries. i ve never served, but i ve been in the emergency rooms and i ve seen horrific things. the bodies that i saw it was not an image that anyone who is not a physician would have an easy time processing. let s bring in nbc news correspondent rehema ellis who has been covering this story for us. rehema, what is the latest on the ground? the very latest on the ground is they are engaged in an intense man hunt for this suspect. hundreds of officers are blanketing the area trying to find the person responsible for this mayhem. authorities say that local, state and federal authorities are all working toge
information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. we ll hear from the president about 90 minutes from now. what is he expected to say? yeah, wolf, it s a rare evening address for president biden. the white house says he felt it was important to speak to the nation about the recent shootings that we ve seen, but also call for action from congress on what they say they want to see are common sense gun laws. this is a speech that the president was considering giving before f
i am lived about what happened. when i came out here on this stage and told the public what happened, it was a recitation of what people in that room told me, whether it be law enforcement officials or non-law enforcement officials. whatever the case may be. and, as everybody has learned, the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely lived. about that. lawrence: yeah, me too, governor. i gave them the benefit of the doubt, too. the governor s statement comes just hours after today s press conference by the texas department of public safety. they gave us some answers starting with how the shooter was able to enter the school so easily. turned out the back door he used to get in wasn t only unlocked, it was wide open. we know from video evidence 11:27, the exterior door suspected of what the where we n.i.e. knew the shooter entered, ramos, was propped open by a teacher. 11:28 the suspect vehicle crashes into the ditch as previous